Thread: Class Size
View Single Post
Old 04-30-2008, 12:21 AM   #34 (permalink)
Golden Rule
Within my grasp!
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 459
Golden Rule is a TestMagic guru. Show your respect!Golden Rule is a TestMagic guru. Show your respect!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Jackson View Post
It seems every program has around 20 this year. A question to the veterans here. Is that unusual? I would think we might see some 25+ classes, or 30+.

Sam.
And you are seeing some like that that, and to see only some is typical. Penn and Harvard both have huge classes. But low 20s is still the modal area of the distribution I'd say.

If most take 5-6 yrs to graduate, some take longer, some drop out or graduate in four, that gives you a program size of roughly 100 students, which I'd guess is a rough focal point, so it doesn't surprise me that low 20s is common. Of course some programs have more/less capacity.
Golden Rule is offline   Reply With Quote